Hi Everyone,
I agree with Alia, can't we all just get along ?
If this is to be a competition about rich internet applications, then
the competition could be open to AIR and alternatives, such as Google
Gears etc. That is likely to appeal to our various sub-communities
better. Also, wouldn't that be interesting in itself ?! All these
fevered developers taking an opening concept and applying it to their
'colours' about open this, proprietary that. I'm sure the end user
isn't bothered, as long as the final result is something that makes
them get all teary and touch the screen, as they whisper "home".
Offering guidelines but not restrictions makes it more like a sort of
X-prize or Darpa race then. With a broad goal to work toward, that
leaves plenty of room to go off in different directions and that
allows for a nice, healthy gorge of innovation and ideas.
That's how I feel about it anyway.
Ben O'Connor
On 4 Jul 2008, at 03:39, Alia Sheikh wrote:
Oh I promised myself that I wouldn;t get involved, but yay Godzilla!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RFEzpUsUBk
Ian - I'd like to know more about the competition. If all we know
is that it's using AIR then that's all we'll argue^H^H^H^H^Htalk
about. Whats it actually going to be? Is Backstage runnning it or
is someone else? Also are competitions going to be a regular thing/
will we get to play with lots of stuff eventually or is this a one
off?
Oh, and I crush everything:)
Alia
Richard Lockwood wrote:
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 5:46 PM, Dave Crossland <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> wrote:
2008/7/3 Matt Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Ian Forrester
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>>
>> If we ran a competition which required the final prototype to
be in Adobe
>> Air, how would people feel about that?
>
> No problem with that.
There is a large problem with that - Adobe Air is proprietary
software, so it ought to be boycotted.
You boycott it Dave, if it makes you happy. The rest of us can
carry on living in the real world.
> It's using a new technology and product to encourage
> development, and the technology is available to end users easily
and with
> little effort, on multiple platforms.
But it tramples our freedom and community, which are more
important.
No Dave, you're thinking of Godzilla.
Rich.
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